Dr. Osokpo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing. His program of research aims to reduce health disparities, advance health equity, and mitigate adverse social determinants of health, with a particular focus on improving self-care and transitions of care for structurally vulnerable adult populations, including Blacks/African immigrants and families. He seeks to understand and address the multilevel barriers to health care—including sociocultural (e.g., language), economic, behavioral, and system (e.g., organizational)—that adversely impact the health and outcomes of structurally vulnerable adults with chronic illnesses.

Dr. Osokpo holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Kass Scholar at the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, a Jonas Nursing Scholar, and a Fontaine Society Fellow. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the same institution as a Provost Post-doctoral fellow. He received his MSN in the Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program from the University of Pennsylvania, and his BSN from Stony Brook University. Dr Osokpo's degrees prior to nursing comprise a BSc (Ed) in Chemistry education and an MSc in Analytical Chemistry.

His research has been supported by the National League for Nursing Foundation for Research Award, Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania Research Award, Penn Nursing Office of Nursing Research and Sigma Theta Tau International, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, Research on Vulnerable Women, Children, and Families (T32NR007100), Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, Individualized Care for At-Risk Older Adults (T32NR009356), and Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (NIA P30AG059302).